About the Authors

Erin McCreless

emccrele@ucsc.edu (EM); R.J.Smith@kent.ac.uk (RJS)

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Piero Visconti

Affiliations Computational Ecology and Environmental Science Group, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Global Mammal Assessment Program, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Sapienza Università di, Roma, Rome, Italy

Josie Carwardine

Affiliation CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia

Chris Wilcox

Affiliation CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Robert J. Smith

emccrele@ucsc.edu (EM); R.J.Smith@kent.ac.uk (RJS)

Affiliation Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Piero Visconti is affiliated with Microsoft Research, a commercial company. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Moreover, Piero Visconti declares that he has no financial, professional, or personal interests associated with this publication.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJS EM. Analyzed the data: EM. Wrote the manuscript: EM PV JC CW RJS.